Python as an “External Tool” for Power BI Desktop: Part 3 – Virtual Environments and TOM Connection
Reading Time: 5 minutes In an earlier post, I introduced some possible uses for Python as an external tool for Power BI Desktop and stepped through the core setup. This post extends the basic External Tool setup found in Part…
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Python as an “External Tool” in Power BI Desktop: Part 2 – Create a PBITool.json File
Reading Time: 4 minutes In Part 1, I introduced a few possible scenarios to use Python with Power BI outside of the built-in Python visual and Python script features. This post focuses on setting up a basic external tool file…
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Python as an “External Tool” for Power BI Desktop: Part 1
Reading Time: 5 minutes The July 2020 version of Power BI Desktop includes a new preview feature that allows “external tools” to more easily connect to Power BI models. Prior to July, external tools could connect to an open tabular…
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Power BI Risk Assessment: External Tools, Connectors, and Community Visuals
Reading Time: 4 minutes An abundance of quality, partner-built or community created add-ons is often the sign of a healthy software platform. While it signals that there are still niches that the core product does not fill, organizations recognize that…
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Four Core Differences Between the Tableau and Power BI Data Models
Reading Time: 4 minutes Tableau recently released a logical data model in version 2020.2, while a similar semantic layer has been core to Microsoft Power BI since its inception. Power BI’s “tabular” model has a shared lineage across Microsoft products…
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